March 31, 2007
Devil fooled me into having sex with 8-y-o, man tells court ERROL Taylor, a 58-year-old father of six, who told the police that the Devil fooled him into having sex with...
Blind old man remanded on ganja charge A blind 72-year-old man found himself remanded into police custody yesterday when he appeared in the Half Way Tree Resident...
Man, woman accused of defrauding UTech students held A man and woman are facing several fraud charges in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's court after allegedly defrauding several students...
Accused hearing-impaired granted bail on Thursday A hearing-impaired man, who allegedly reversed a motor van he was left to wash, killing a baby and injuring an...
Rodney Beckles remanded Rodney Beckles, son of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor Hilary Beckles, appeared in the Home Circuit Court...
Verdict blunder goes to appeal The case in which the foreman of the jury handed down the wrong verdict on March 12 has been referred...
Four students remanded Four Kingston Technical High School students on charges of unlawful wounding were remanded when they appeared in the Half-Way Tree...
T&T man sentenced to death for killing Jamaican friend KELLOY Koon Koon was sentenced to death yesterday for the murder of his 'good friend' Mark Brown, whom he shot...
March 30, 2007
Ex-policeman on gun charge gets extended bail SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Former police sergeant Joseph Roberts, 52, of Point Hill, St Catherine, had his bail extended...
Kingston Technical students face court today Seven male students of Kingston Technical High School, along Hanover Street, downtown Kingston, are scheduled to face the court today...
Legislation to tackle child pornography Legislators will this year focus on the matter of child pornography in Jamaica, a worrying development that has prompted the...
March 29, 2007
Accused in ATM murder case refused bail ONE of the six accused charged with the murder of financial analyst Jamie Lue and Jamaica Aids Support employee Steve...
Couple in US nabbed for fraud An Israeli man living in West Virgina and his wife, who lives in Georgia, have been indicted on a federal...
Snoop Dogg, Priority Records may mediate lawsuit Snoop Dogg and Priority Records will consider mediation to settle a lawsuit brought by the rapper alleging breach of contract,...
Man charged with King's death remanded Sheldon Pusey, the 23-year-old man who is charged with the March 2006 murder of Ambassador Peter King, was remanded on...
Brawl at Kingston Technical High School -Nine boys in police custody At least five male students were left nursing stab wounds at the Kingston Technical High School on Hanover Street, downtown...
March 28, 2007
High school reveals no vitamin C in Ribena Global drugs company GlaxoSmithKline PLC was fined NZ$217,000 (US$156,000; euro117,000) in New Zealand for misleading advertising Tuesday after two science...
No decision yet on Nembhard extradition The Full court has reserved its decision in the motion brought by 53-year-old St. Ann businessman Norris 'Deedo' Nembhard and...
March 27, 2007
Cop held in corruption case gets bail A police sergeant attached to the St. James Police Division, who is charged with breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act...
UK Privy Council to hear toll road appeal The United Kingdom Privy Council is to make a final determination in the legal battle between Portmore residents and the...
'St Bess' woman held for allegedly trading daughter for money, food A St. Elizabeth woman has run afoul of the law for allegedly knowingly allowing her 13-year-old daughter to be sexually...
March 26, 2007
Iran considers charges against British sailors Iran is considering charging 15 British sailors with illegally entering its waters and slated talks to discuss their seizure with...
Schoolgirl facing manslaughter rap A schoolgirl is to stand trial for manslaughter in connection with the stabbing death of a woman over a year...
Olint, FSC battle begins today The legal battle between Olint Corporation Ltd., an investment club trading in foreign exchange and the Financial Services Commission (FSC),...
Jamaicans call for changes to sentencing schedule Several Jamaicans participating in the justice system reform consultations are advocating for more creative sentencing in order to achieve...
The disabled join calls for reform of sexual offence laws The Combined Disabilities Association (CDA) made a belated appearance last Wednesday before the joint select committee of Parliament considering changes...
The role of the coroner In Jamaica, a coroner is a resident magistrate, appointed under the Coroner's Act, to conduct investigations into the deaths of...
Startling discovery in carnal abuse case The startling revelation was made in a case in the Home Circuit Court, Kingston, last week, that a 15-year-old girl...
March 24, 2007
Murder accused shot dead on court day MURDER accused Dwayne Alcox was yesterday shot dead while he sat in a public passenger bus in Bull Bay, St...
Alleged priest killer granted bail The man accused of murdering Anglican priest, Father Richard Johnson, was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $250,000 with...
House to consider sexual abuse against inmates Alleged sexual abuse of inmates in the island's correctional centres will be placed before the parliamentary committee examining the Offences...
March 23, 2007
Case against no-show artistes pending The case involving veteran deejays Charlie Chaplin and U-Roy came up for mention in the Resident Magistrate's Court in Kingston...
Police detain eight in St James The St. James police have detained eight men - one of whom was wanted on a warrant for shooting and...
Public disapproves of justice system Jamaicans have expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of consistency of the courts in handing down sentencing for similar offences and...
March 22, 2007
Sergeant testifies that 'hero' cops shot man in self-defence A police sergeant testified yesterday in the murder trial of three of his colleagues in the Home Circuit Court that...
Trial of cops on murder rap in session The trial of the three policemen charged with 1999 murder of Noel Barnes, who was wanted for various crimes in...
Alleged corrupt cops await appeal The 11 members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force who were served notices in 2005 that they were to be retired...
Buggery blocked again? Lobby group Lawyers Christian Fellowship, alert to the possibility of another legal loophole emerging that could lead to the abolition...
March 21, 2007
Gov't dismisses blame for extradition of drug accused ATTORNEY General A J Nicholson said yesterday that lawyers for accused drug dealers Lebert Ramcharan and Donovan "Plucky" Williams who...
UK Privy Council orders hearing of suit against UWI The United Kingdom Privy Council has ordered the Supreme Court to hear the libel suit which Dr. Samuel Wray, former...
Court quashes Basdeo Panday's conviction The Appeal Court yesterday quashed a conviction against former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday who was last year found guilty of...
Priest, Beckles murder cases head to Home Circuit Court Director of Public Prosecutions, Kent Pantry, Q.C., on Monday sent the murder cases of 21-year-old university student Rodney Beckles and...
March 20, 2007
No trial date yet for sex deacon, teen co-accused DISGRACED church deacon Donovan Jones, 47, and his teenage co-accused, who are facing human trafficking charges in the Home Circuit...
Mr Vegas' brother back in court today CARLTON Smith, the 58-year-old brother of popular dancehall entertainer Mr Vegas, was last Friday offered $100,000 bail when he appeared...
Accused throat slasher returns to court April 13 JEFFREY Perry, the St Mary man who was accused in 2005 of slashing the throats of his three young cousins...
27-y-o gets six months for ganja Donovan Beharrie, a 27-year-old student at the University of the West Indies, has been jailed for six months for attempting...
March 19, 2007
Ramcharan, Williams extradited to US Accused drug dealers Lebert Ramcharan and Donovan 'Plucky' Williams were yesterday handed over to United States marshals, two days after...
Kinder law for ?kissing cousins? There will be no prohibition against cousins entering into sexual relationships with each other, and marrying, after all. A joint...
March 18, 2007
A love so strong but so wrong A 28-year-old Kingston man whose love, his attorney said, for a 15-year-old girl was so strong that he was unable...
Ramcharan, Williams lose extradition appeals LEBERT Ramcharan, described by US President George W Bush as a 'drug kingpin', and Donovan 'Plucky' Williams on Friday lost...
Cops charge St Andrew man with murder in Peter King case Police investigating the March 20, 2006 killing of trade ambassador Peter King on Friday formally charged 23-year-old Sheldon Pusey, alias...
Andem faces murder rap June 11 THE trial of Joel Andem and two others for the 2000 abduction and murder of businesswoman Sylvia Edwards is now...
March 17, 2007
No bail for woman accused of swapping child WESTERN BUREAU: The mother of the 12-year-old girl, who is alleged to have swapped her daughter for a piece of...
Vehicles loaded with ganja found, four held SANTA CRUZ, St. Elizabeth: The police in St. Elizabeth have made another huge drug bust after they recovered two...
Kingpin loses appeal Montego Bay businessmen Leebert Ramcharan and Donovan ?Plucky? Williams, who are wanted in the United States to face drug charges,...
March 16, 2007
Chicken thief gets 30 days in jail A man who claimed that hunger drove him into a stupor that caused him to pluck three live chickens from...
Acid thrower jailed for eight years A mother of three young children, who doused a 16-year-old schoolboy with acid, has been jailed for eight years. Ingrid...
March 15, 2007
Radio producer found guilty of carnal abuse RADIO producer Floyd Wright, 32, was found guilty of carnal abuse in the Home Circuit Court last Tuesday and is...
Woman freed of manslaughter in death of abusive spouse A Kingston woman who admitted to stabbing to death her physically abusive common-law husband was Tuesday acquitted of a charge...
Rastaman gets 10 days for 'pig's tail beating' A Rastafarian man, who violently attacked and beat his common-law wife after she entertained a request from their daughter for...
Murder trial of councillor's son stalls THE murder trial of Ricardo Lawrence, alias 'Devil', son of People's National Party (PNP) councillor Ned 'Enos' Lawrence (Dela-Vega-City Division,...
Accused murderer remanded A woman accused with killing her common-law husband and dumping his body in a pit latrine was again remanded when...
Golding renews call for review of libel laws Opposition Leader Bruce Golding has renewed his call for a review of the 19th century libel and defamation laws to...
March 14, 2007
Stepdad freed of sexual assault charges A jury of five women and two men last Thursday took just 35 minutes to acquit a Kingston man in...
Sylvester Stallone charged with importing banned substance Sylvester Stallone was formally charged in an Australian court yesterday with importing 48 vials of banned human growth hormone into...
Snoop held on suspicion of using illegal drugs Snoop Dogg was held on suspicion of using illegal drugs in Sweden on Sunday night. The rapper, who was on...
Witness no-shows stall Welsh trial The murder trial of Milton 'Tony' Welsh, 58, of Brandon Hill, St. Andrew, had to be put off yesterday because...
Court frees three accused of beating prisoner to death Three prisoners who were accused of beating to death a prisoner of unsound mind in the lock-up at the Half-Way...
March 13, 2007
Cops bust $10-m car-stealing ring SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - The police in Guanaboa Vale say they have busted a major car-stealing ring, arrested one...
Cops seize guns, ganja in the Corporate Area Police recovered several guns and about $16 million worth of ganja in separate operations across the Corporate Area on the...
March 12, 2007
Juror foreman's mistake lands man in custody The foreman of a jury, in handing down the verdict in a carnal abuse case last Friday, made a very...
March 11, 2007
Jah Cure scheduled for July release Barring any breaches of prison rules over the next four months, Jah Cure and his many fans will get what...
March 10, 2007
Cop freed of murder charge The policeman who was accused of beating and pushing Corporal Grantley Waite down a flight of stairs at the...
March 09, 2007
Appeal blocks extradition order Montego Bay businessman, Hartford Montique, who has been in custody since October 2004, will not be extradited to the United...
Crawfords to pay fine or serve time Former boss of the Century Financial entities Donovan Crawford and his former wife Claudine, have each been ordered to pay...
March 08, 2007
Warrants issued for complainants in SuperPlus beating case WARRANTS have been ordered for the arrest of the two complainants in the assault case against five SuperPlus Food Store...
Alleged corrupt cop offered bail A policeman who allegedly tried to get money from a man in custody by telling him that there was a...
American, Bahamian convicted of smuggling A United States and a Bahamian national have been convicted in connection with a 2006 smuggling trade in which a...
March 07, 2007
Bermudian fined for ganja, ordered deported A Bermudan man was yesterday fined $25,600 and ordered deported from the country after pleading guilty to trying to export...
Charges against Chief Justice dropped A Magistrate court Monday dismissed the charge of perverting the course of public justice against Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma after...
Eight months later, Carreras still awaits tax verdict The Revenue Court is yet to hand down its ruling on Carreras Limited's challenge of the $5.7 billion tax assessment...
Danhai case put off The trial of east Kingston businessman Danhai Williams, who is charged jointly with six others with allegedly defrauding the National...
March 06, 2007
Women can rape men, says female judge A Jamaican female judge who is now prosecuting the Rwandan genocide trial in which rape has been one of its...
Money declarations at Customs required by law Travellers with US$10,000 or equivalent in cash or other monetary instrument are required, by law to advise Customs officials at...
Court to hear motion on proposed diplomat's cross-examination The Judicial Review Court is to hear a motion brought by businessman Gareth Lewis and his 75-year-old blind father Jeffrey...
Gasolene boss' murder case put off The trial of the woman and two men charged jointly with the murder of former president of the Jamaica Gasolene...
Government gets tough on litterbugs in Jamaica The Government has vowed to maintain a clean environment through a zero tolerance approach as it steps up a new...
March 05, 2007
Taxi association head sent to prison, also facing sex charge President of the National Association of Taxi Operators (NATO), Egerton Newman was last week sentenced to six months imprisonment in...
'Impotent' grandfather acquitted of having sex with 12-year-old An all-female jury took a mere 35 minutes to acquit an octogenarian of charges that he had sex with a...
March 03, 2007
Couple charged with pimping child granted bail The common-law couple charged with aiding and abetting a 30-year-old man in sexually molesting their 12-year-old daughter, allegedly for a...
Ten accused in MoBay lotto scam offered bond The 10 persons who were arrested and charged last month in connection with the multimillion-dollar lottery scam operating out of...
St Ann Mayor freed of gun charge Mayor of St. Ann's Bay, Delroy Giscombe, was freed of criminal charges yesterday during a special sitting of the Gun...
March 02, 2007
Judge says Hutchinson free to go Member of Parliament for North West St. Elizabeth, J.C. Hutchinson, who was facing charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and...
Fullerton gets 12 months for fraud Nicole Ann Fullerton, the daughter of Henry Fullerton, former head of the failed Caldon Finance Group, was yesterday sentenced to...
Parents charged with pimping girl The mother and stepfather of a 12-year-old girl have been arrested for aiding and abetting the sexual assault of their...
March 01, 2007
Former Mannings bursar to be tried on March 28 Sixty-year-old Earl Corrie, the former bursar of the Mannings School in Westmoreland who was arrested and charged with 40 counts...
MP JC Hutchinson to answer disorderly conduct charges today Member of Parliament for North West St Elizabeth, JC Hutchinson, will stand trial in the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate's Court...
Singer Seal loses court appeal over payments BRITISH POP star Seal has lost his appeal against an earlier court judgement that ordered him to pay his former...
Berbick suspects still in custody Up to yesterday afternoon, the two male suspects charged with the brutal murder of former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion,...
Teacher to answer to carnal abuse charges A 39-YEAR-OLD high school teacher will return to the Yallahs Courthouse in St. Thomas on May 2 to answer to...
Haitians sent to jail Twenty-three Haitians, who landed in Portland on February 15 aboard a 20-foot sailing boat, were yesterday sentenced to 30 days...
Marital rape - DPP's consent no longer needed A committee of Parliament decided yesterday to drop a requirement in new legislation that the consent of the Director of...
